The Role of Biorefineries in Circular Economy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioeconomy of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 9080
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lignocellulosic biomass; anaerobic digestion; biofuel; bioethanol; biomethanol; biomethane; biogas; biomass pretreatment; zero-waste; second and third generation biofuel production
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Interests: bioprocesses; synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; microbial cell factories
Interests: multiproduct biorefinery; lab-on-a-chip; (Na)DES; external fields
Interests: enzymology; recombinant protein; lignocellulose-degrading enzymes; biofuels; high-value added chemicals; microbial platforms for protein production Photo:
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy markets and our dependence on fossil fuels worldwide have been facing economic, environmental, and technological challenges. Nowadays, more than ever, countries must focus on their energy independence and shift from utilizing fossil fuels as the primary source of energy, platform molecules, and the main driver of current food systems. It is crucial to promote the development and adoption of sustainable, cost-effective, and reliable alternative feedstocks for biofuels, energy cariers, polymers, functional food and feed ingredients, as well as biofertilizers. Moreover, non-food feedstocks, aquatic cultivated feedstocks, and genetically modified organisms can successfully produce electricity, heat, and fuel while treating municipal and industrial sidestreams, key aspects to reaching a sustainable circular economy.
This Special Issue addresses the limitations and challenges of global bulk and specialty chemicals production and their utilization. It promotes and investigates the utilization of bioresources and biotechnologies to produce value-added functional products and biochemicals in all stages of the supply chain (upstream, production, and downstream processes). All types of original submissions are welcome. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Second-, third-, and fourth-generation biofuels and biocommodities production;
- Chemical, biochemical, and thermochemical conversion processes;
- Development and utilization of technologies for bioresource recovery;
- Novel functional food and feed ingredients;
- Modeling, simulation, and optimization techniques;
- Legal framework of biorefineries and circular economy;
- Life-cycle assessment and technoeconomic analysis of biorefinery approaches.
Dr. Lisandra Rocha Meneses
Dr. Nemailla Bonturi
Dr. Boboescu Iulian Zoltan
Dr. Clelton A Santos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass valorization
- zero-waste
- protein transition
- circular economy
- process integration
- biochemicals
- biofuels
- second-generation
- third-generation
- fourth-generation
- bioresource recovery
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